THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND ITS ISLES
SEA EAGLES NEST ON ISLES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
The eyries are huge structures of sticks. Deadly sea snakes form a portion of the food upon
which the eaglets are reared.
Photographs by Charles Barrett
THE WORK OF MOUND-BUILDING BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA
Huge piles of leaf mold and sand are heaped up with a hotbed of decaying vegetation in the
center. The large eggs are deposited in the "incubator," and, when hatched, the chicks work
their way to the surface.
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